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> This may be par for the course with Facebook, but it's not something we as a society can afford to tolerate any longer. Those are strong words, but I'm afrai

> This may be par for the course with Facebook, but it's not something we as a society can afford to tolerate any longer. Those are strong words, but I'm afraid the "we as a society" are not as much of a power as one would hope. Facebook as a company might turn out to be more powerful. Facebook can bring lawsuits, PR doublespeak and over time wear down adversaries threatening their business. I think the underlying problems need to be fixed before there can be hope of restricting what businesses like Facebook can do.

URfejk 6y ago
> Those are strong words, but I'm afraid the "we as a society" are not as much of a power as one would hope. If everyone would abandon FB, they would go out of bussiness. People have much more power that they think they do. They just do not know it.
- C19is20 6y ago
  ....or care.
  - loopz 6y ago
    Frankly, I really don't care. I keep my account and treat it like what it is, utter garbage. Though, it keeps my contacts in cases where it's convenient to connect. If not FB, it would be something else. The problem is those people who derive their world-view from social media platforms and buy in to all the lies and manipulation from bullies. There's pressure for accountability, and that should be a good thing, although we need to keep watch. If they oust the bullies and fake lies, good riddance. I don't need someone telling me their "Final Solution", especially without anything backing their words.
Someone 6y ago
“We as a society” write the laws. They can be changed. The process, IMO, already has started, with the USA and the EU launching investigations against about all the big tech companies (I think Microsoft isn’t investigated yet, but in the context of privacy, they aren’t a truly big player yet. Any new laws will apply to them, regardless)

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> This may be par for the course with Facebook, but it's not something we as a society can afford to tolerate any longer. Those are strong words, but I'm afrai

by Maarten88 6y ago

URfejk 6y ago
> Those are strong words, but I'm afraid the "we as a society" are not as much of a power as one would hope. If everyone would abandon FB, they would go out of bussiness. People have much more power that they think they do. They just do not know it.
- C19is20 6y ago
  ....or care.
  - loopz 6y ago
    Frankly, I really don't care. I keep my account and treat it like what it is, utter garbage. Though, it keeps my contacts in cases where it's convenient to connect. If not FB, it would be something else. The problem is those people who derive their world-view from social media platforms and buy in to all the lies and manipulation from bullies. There's pressure for accountability, and that should be a good thing, although we need to keep watch. If they oust the bullies and fake lies, good riddance. I don't need someone telling me their "Final Solution", especially without anything backing their words.
Someone 6y ago
“We as a society” write the laws. They can be changed. The process, IMO, already has started, with the USA and the EU launching investigations against about all the big tech companies (I think Microsoft isn’t investigated yet, but in the context of privacy, they aren’t a truly big player yet. Any new laws will apply to them, regardless)